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Change in reading of the scale when putting ball in a container of alcohol

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What is the problem with the units in this state equation of a gas?

  • zenterix
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Finding acceleration of a crate when applying a force at an angle

  • Occidomortem
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Vector addition, trying to find the angle

  • Ineedhelpwithphysics
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Is My Calculation for Bicycle Pump Pressure Incorrect?

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Calculate the following commutator [[AB,iℏ], A]

  • chris1223123
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Golf club 🏌️and ball ⛳ impulse problem

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Centripetal force direction confusion

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“Chasing Vertices: A Time-Bound Pursuit Problem in a Square”

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2 pullies and 3 masses -Tension

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Frames of Reference: Find the speed and heading of the airplane

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How do you calculate the terminal velocity of these two balls?

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Derivation of time period for physical pendula without calculus

  • danpendr
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How do tides vary over a lunar cycle?

  • Hak
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Potential barrier problem in mechanics

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Acceleration of a tank leaking water

  • guv
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Calculate center of rotation of monocopter

  • user079622
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Solving 2-D vector along three directions (say at 0,60 and 120 degree)

  • Mohmmad Maaitah
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The Relationship Between Masses and Angles in a Pulley System

  • Juanda
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Solving Orbital Speed with Energy & Angular Momentum Conservation

  • Kyuubi
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What is the mass of the Galaxy's core?

  • Lotto
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Introductory physics: Time for a ball thrown vertically to reach maximum height

  • danielsmith123123
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Transmission cable problem involving power loss

  • hendrix7
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Effect of relative motion on pressure of gas in a container

  • Aayush Verma
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Change in momentum: Child jumping from a swing on a playground

  • hendrix7
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Confusion regarding centripetal acceleration and tangential acceleration

  • tellmesomething
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SUVAT equation question: When will the car collide with the lorry?

  • lukegxhycj
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Hooke's Law using Potential Energy

  • JMAMA
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Forces acting on a box-pulley system in an elevator?

  • Sagrebella
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A loaded railroad car is rolling at a constant velocity

  • Alexanddros81
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Work done during quasi-static, isothermal expansion from P_i to P_f

  • zenterix
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Potential associated with a conservative force field F

  • AntonioJ
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MIT OCW 8.01 PS10.6: A Massive Pulley and a Block on an Incline

  • giodude
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Using Momentum Principle to Find Ratio of Speeds?

  • Spooky123
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Using Momentum, KE and PE to solve this skier velocity problem

  • OTSEngineer
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Newton's Second Law (Pulley Sustem)

  • armn91
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Apparent weight of body immersed in liquid

  • brotherbobby
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How Do I Determine the Center of Mass in This Situation?

  • Memo
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In a constant acceleration motion, Is it possible to have constant speed?

  • MatinSAR
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Motion in straight line in bungee jumping

  • Kevin98
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Springs connected to a mass in series?

  • flinnbella
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What is a spring constant of 20 N/m used for?

  • DarkEnergy890
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Finding an application where an air/n-octane mixture is cooled

  • dpasini3
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Why Is Average Thermal Power Not Negative in This Friction Scenario?

  • yashboi123
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Equilibrium Question Involving boat and scale

  • Coolcatss
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Mirror system in geometrical optics

  • Hak
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MIT OCW 8.01 PS11.3: Elastic Collision Between Ball and Pivoted Rod

  • giodude
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Towing two stacked boxes up a ramp

  • Sebee_ulg
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Log-log graph of resistance against temperature for a carbon resistor

  • zenterix
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Questions about a spring-mass system hanging vertically

  • emmalyn1997
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Attempting to teach this: Momentum and Impulse

  • Windrose Academy
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Chrenkov radiation cone angle vs. the speed of the particle

  • help I have 12 hours
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Calculate ideal-gas temperature of a material

  • zenterix
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Questions Regarding a Cat Going Up a Ramp

  • mazia
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Describe how you could use a pith ball as an electroscope

  • sarah123
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IGCSE Pressure Question: How many balloons can be inflated?

  • UnknownGuy
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Method of mirroring - metal plates

  • JoelKTH
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Nuclear Fission Energy and Mass Loss

  • resurgance2001
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How to Analyze the FBD of a Toy Car on the Underside of a Dome?

  • bobbeh
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Calculate magnetic dipole of other planets relative to the Earth

  • Kovac
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Projectile Motion Problem: Kicking a soccer ball over a fence

  • salqmander
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Holonomic constraints and non-holonomic system

  • guv
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Modelling a spring system with damping force and external forces

  • sss1
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Physics problem - Salmon jumping waterfall

  • FlowiwGhar
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Need help with a question on potential difference

  • StarlitVarsh
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A Level: Rearranging Equations into Y = mx + c

  • Connor123
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What Are the Key Equations in Shock Wave Analysis?

  • DifferentialGalois
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Two masses and two pulleys problem

  • Mr Davis 97
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Object A (in free fall) hits object B (ascending with constant velocity)

  • groetschel
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Help with question on motion: Avoiding a rear-end collision

  • Physics_is_beautiful
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Can a sudden blow truly change potential energy?

  • Lil123
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Spring-mediated dipole in a magnetic field

  • Hak
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Falling hailstones hitting two car windscreens

  • DifferentialGalois
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Pulling a block along a surface using a string inclined at an angle

  • Memo
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Is my work correct? (Two students running on a track)

  • bekishe004
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Particle dynamics (mechanics): inclined plane, pulley, two blocks

  • Memo
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Newton's law problem: Pushing 2 stacked blocks on a horizontal table

  • JMAMA
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Very heavy particle collides with a very light particle

  • coconut62
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Finding the position where the electric field is zero

  • JohnnyLaws
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Find the partial diameter error of the surface area of cylinder

  • abobik
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Charge density in sphere that makes constant radial E-field inside

  • prosteve037
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Kinematic car overtake problem: Don’t know what to do...

  • Syw
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Question(s) Regarding Magnitude of Force (Window Washer Problem)

  • mazia
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Change in volume of sphere with change in temperature

  • MatinSAR
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Q: Why is it a reversible adiabatic process but not isentropic?

  • tracker890 Source h
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Is the Photoelectric Effect Proof That Light Is a Particle?

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Tension in cable D is equivalent to the tension in cable B?

  • yashboi123
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Sequences of measurements in quantum mechanics

  • ellenb899
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Foucault Pendulum at the North Pole

  • Hak
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What is the Largest Quantum Number for Li3+ with a 60 Å Orbital Radius?

  • hassony
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Why is momentum equal to mass times velocity?

  • logicgate
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